Louth and Horncastle
Encyclopedia
Louth and Horncastle is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
. It elects one Member of Parliament
(MP) by the first past the post system of election.
and Horncastle
both existed as separate constituencies. Then in 1983, Horncastle was moved into the new seat of Gainsborough and Horncastle
, while Louth
was moved into the newly formed East Lindsey
constituency. These boundaries remained the same until 1997, when the current Louth and Horncastle constituency was formed.
and Sutton-on-Sea
, where severe deprivation is evident following the decline of the tourism industry. The seat's eponymous towns lie inland amid a rural area of the Lincolnshire Wolds where farming is an important sector. It is more averagely well off, but with a few affluent areas. The Conservatives have been dominant in the area for decades, but some of the more deprived areas voted Labour in 1997.
and Horncastle
from 1966 to 1997, and before that represented Nottingham West
from 1959 to 1964 before being defeated by Labour. He is currently the longest-serving Conservative MP, albeit with a break in service. He is the only current MP of any party first elected in the 1950s. On Tapsell's re-election at the 2010 general election, he became Father of the House, on the retirement of Alan Williams
.
Before 1997, see East Lindsey
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
. It elects one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Boundaries
From 1885 to 1983, LouthLouth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Louth was a county constituency in Lincolnshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election....
and Horncastle
Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
Horncastle was a county constituency in Lincolnshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. MPs were elected by the first past the post system of voting....
both existed as separate constituencies. Then in 1983, Horncastle was moved into the new seat of Gainsborough and Horncastle
Gainsborough and Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
Gainsborough and Horncastle is a former county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency was called Gainsborough and Horncastle between 1983 and 1997...
, while Louth
Louth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Louth was a county constituency in Lincolnshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election....
was moved into the newly formed East Lindsey
East Lindsey (UK Parliament constituency)
East Lindsey was a county constituency based on the East Lindsey local government district of Lincolnshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
constituency. These boundaries remained the same until 1997, when the current Louth and Horncastle constituency was formed.
Constituency profile
This large stretch of Lincolnshire coastline includes the seaside resorts of MablethorpeMablethorpe
Mablethorpe is a small seaside town in East Lindsey on the coast of Lincolnshire, England.-Geography:Several small caravan parks exist around Mablethorpe. The town is administered with Sutton-on-Sea and Trusthorpe, as the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton...
and Sutton-on-Sea
Sutton-on-Sea
Sutton-on-Sea is a small seaside village on the coast of Lincolnshire, England. It is close to Trusthorpe and Mablethorpe, and is part of the civil parish of Mablethorpe and Sutton...
, where severe deprivation is evident following the decline of the tourism industry. The seat's eponymous towns lie inland amid a rural area of the Lincolnshire Wolds where farming is an important sector. It is more averagely well off, but with a few affluent areas. The Conservatives have been dominant in the area for decades, but some of the more deprived areas voted Labour in 1997.
Members of Parliament
The MP for this seat is Sir Peter Tapsell. He previously represented the predecessor seats of East LindseyEast Lindsey (UK Parliament constituency)
East Lindsey was a county constituency based on the East Lindsey local government district of Lincolnshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
and Horncastle
Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)
Horncastle was a county constituency in Lincolnshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. MPs were elected by the first past the post system of voting....
from 1966 to 1997, and before that represented Nottingham West
Nottingham West (UK Parliament constituency)
Nottingham West was a borough constituency in the city of Nottingham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
from 1959 to 1964 before being defeated by Labour. He is currently the longest-serving Conservative MP, albeit with a break in service. He is the only current MP of any party first elected in the 1950s. On Tapsell's re-election at the 2010 general election, he became Father of the House, on the retirement of Alan Williams
Alan Williams
Alan John Williams is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Swansea West from 1964 to 2010.-Early life:...
.
Before 1997, see East Lindsey
East Lindsey (UK Parliament constituency)
East Lindsey was a county constituency based on the East Lindsey local government district of Lincolnshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 The United Kingdom general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997, more than five years after the previous election on 9 April 1992, to elect 659 members to the British House of Commons. The Labour Party ended its 18 years in opposition under the leadership of Tony Blair, and won the general... |
Sir Peter Tapsell | Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House... |
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Elections in the 2010s
Elections in the 2000s
Elections in the 1990s
See also
- Louth constituencyLouth, Lincolnshire (UK Parliament constituency)Louth was a county constituency in Lincolnshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election....
(1885–1983) - List of Parliamentary constituencies in Lincolnshire